[run13]

Im open minded. I believe in not holding so many certainties, not until its proven beyond a certain level, for me personally.
I dont laugh and curse at new ideas, no matter how they sound. So...

Take an Earth globe in your hand. You know, the "standard" model for the Earth.
Forget flat earth for now, forget poles too, north and south.
Make a dot on africa, which on the round earth is roughly in the middle of the planet, yes? the equator?
Now go left, or right, doesnt matter which. Eventually, you will reach the opposite side of wherever the opposite of africa is, on the other side of the globe is. Keep going in a straight line and eventually you will reach the same spot you started on.

To make this easier, just picture the Equator line. Starting in africa. Now keep following the equator and you will be back where you started.

On a globe, you can go in a straight line and come back on the same spot. On a flat surface you cannot, no matter what you say.
Theres no tricks. If something is flat and you go straight, you will not come back on it.

So, now take the flat earth map. the poles are now surrouding all the edges, correct?

but if one was to start somewhere like africa or south america and go straight, in accordance to a globe, you wouldnt hit the poles.
Get it?
You can only go around on a globe, not on a flat surface. So, at the moment, this is my question.
how can it be flat if someone can go around? in a flat earth you wouldnt be able to go around, you would just go in a straight line and hit an edge. but thats not the case.

[Fletcher]

How would someone measure they were going in a straight line? Presumably with a compass... So you keep your north right and your south left at all times.... what's the route then on a flat earth? A circle.

[geckothegeek]

The only flat earth map that has been shown by the flat earthers has been a copy of  the Unipolar Azimuthal Projection of the globe. That is the reason you would have to keep continually turning in a circle if you relied on that map.But. Even some flat earthers agree that there is no flat earth map of the entire entire earth.

To go from any point on the earth to any other point on the earth, you simply determine a compass bearing and stay in a straight line on that compass bearing on the globe.

The route is broken down into small areas in flat maps called "Sectional Charts" or "Sectional Maps" to minimize the distortion caused by various methods of making maps from projections of the globe.

Many ships of the United States Navy make "around the world cruises." They don't go around in circles. They plot courses from their home port to ports of call to ports of call and then return to their home port on these cruises and follow those course bearings in straight lines.The truth of the matter is well known that the earth is a globe and the flat earth fantasy is just that from a small number of people who are either ignorant or ill informed or just interested in debating for some reason.

If you  don't believe this talk to any office of the Navy. Ask them how they manage to make these "Round The World Cruises" and are able to sail around the world in "straight lines" or courses and return back to the their home ports without "going around in circles."

[Simon]

if your at the north pole relative to being there any direction you leave the north pole your heading south. So you could head south for maybe 1000 miles then turn east and follow the east till you return to were you started on a flat earth your following the compus and make minner corections. You may think its current or wind so you make adjustments over 26000 miles it is so slight you would not feel that you had done a 360 it is all relative to were you are.

[geckothegeek]

if your at the north pole relative to being there any direction you leave the north pole your heading south. So you could head south for maybe 1000 miles then turn east and follow the east till you return to were you started on a flat earth your following the compus and make minner corections. You may think its current or wind so you make adjustments over 26000 miles it is so slight you would not feel that you had done a 360 it is all relative to were you are.

I think you need to take this up with some experts in the Navy or an oceanic shipping or passenger service.

[geckothegeek]

How would someone measure they were going in a straight line? Presumably with a compass... So you keep your north right and your south left at all times.... what's the route then on a flat earth? A circle.

Have you ever sailed on a ship on the ocean ? Talk to some person in the Navy or in a company engaged in oceanic shipping or passenger service. Ask them what they think about "Flat Earth Theory."

What's the route on the globe ? A straight line.

How about north to south ? London to South America or Africa ?

[Simon]

I am not a hard and fast flat earther as of yet but the question was !!! moving in a straight line and coming back to the same spot.
On the flat earth model the equator is a ring that goes around the flat earth map remember on the flat map the north is in the middle the south is around the edge.
so heading south till you reach the equator then turning on a bearing east or west and following your comas bearings you would return to your starting location. As the distance travelled is so vast you would not feel you had turned 360 over 26 odd thousand miles. And if you look on youtube there is a Navey gunner who states the earth is flat.
Here is the link please check it out.
I would love to hear bck from you in this regard and am happy to comment on more globe to flat earth facts.

[Roundy]

On a globe, you can go in a straight line and come back on the same spot. On a flat surface you cannot, no matter what you say.

Yes, I'm sure you've done this yourself a million times.